Adaptation And Evolution

Question 1

The study of living things and their environment

Answer 1

Ecology

Question 2

Group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduce among themselves to produce fertile offspring

Answer 2

Species

Question 3

Where an organism lives

Answer 3

Habitat

Question 4

Organisms of one species living together at the same place at the same time

Answer 4

Population

Question 5

All populations of different species that live at the same time

Answer 5

Community

Question 6

All communities living and working together

Answer 6

Ecosystem

Question 7

Contest for survival

Answer 7

Competition

Question 8

Make their own food

Answer 8

Autotrophs

Question 9

Find good outside their own bodies

Answer 9

Heterotrophs

Question 10

Hunt to find food

Answer 10

Predator/Prey relationship

Question 11

Body structure, behavior,or internal processes that helps an organism survive

Answer 11

Adaption

Question 12

Adaption that helps organisms blend in with their surroundings

Answer 12

Camouflage

Question 13

Adaption where an organism copied the appearance or behavior of another more dangerous animal

Answer 13

Mimicry

Question 14

Inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of its species

Answer 14

Variation

Question 15

Organisms traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

Answer 15

Natural selection

Question 16

Developed the theory of Natural selection

Answer 16

Charles Darwin

Question 17

Change in inherited characteristics over time

Answer 17

Evolution

Question 18

Slow, ongoing process by which one species changes to a new species

Answer 18

Gradualism

Question 19

A rapid evolution when the mutation of a few genes result in the appearance of a new species in a relatively short period of time

Answer 19

Punctuated Equilibrium